A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (Tamil: அவுல் பகீர் ஜைனுலாப்தீன் அப்துல் கலாம்; born 15 October 1931 inRameshwaram, Madras Presidency, British India), usually referred to as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, was the 11th President of India, serving from 2002 to 2007.[2] He was elected during the tenure of the National Democratic Alliance (India) coalition government, under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.[3] During his term as President, he was popularly known as the People's President.[4][5] Before his term as India's president, he worked as an aeronautical engineer with DRDO and ISRO. He is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work on development of ballistic missile and space rocket technology.[6] In India he is highly respected as a scientistand as an engineer. Kalam played a pivotal organizational, technical and political role in India's P okhran-II nuclear test in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974.[7] He is the chancellor of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (Thiruvananthapuram), a professor at Anna University (Chennai), a visiting professor at JSS University in Mysore, and an adjunct/visiting faculty at many other academic and research institutions across India.15 October 1931 Born as Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam in Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu
Early Education Schwartz High School in Ramanathapuram
Graduation St. Joseph’s College in Truchi
Higher Education D.M.I.T. in Aeronautical Engineering at M.I.T., Chennai
First Job Hindustan Aeronautics Limited at Bangalore as a trainee
• Served as a Senior Scientific Assistant heading a small team that developed a prototype hovercraft.
• As Director of D.R.D.O., Responsible for successful launch of many missiles like Trishul in 1985, Prithvi in 1988 and Agni in 1989, which earned him the title 'Missile man of India'
Awards Padma Bhushan in 1981, Padma Vibhushan in 1990, Bharat Ratna in
1997
November 25,
1999
Appointed as the